Title
Sexual Assault
Document Type
Book Section
Publication Date
1-1-2018
Publication Title
A Guide to Mastery in Clinical Nursing: The Comprehensive Reference
Publisher
Springer Publishing Company, LLC
Publisher Location
New York, NY
First page number:
133
Last page number:
138
Abstract
"Rape is a legal term ... [referring] to any penetration of a body orifice (mouth, vagina, or anus) involving force or the threat of force or incapacity (i.e. associated with young or old age, cognitive or physical disability, or drug or alchol intoxication) and non-consent" (Linden, 2011, p. 834). Sexual assault and rape are violent intrusions toward an individual or group of individuals (usually female) that are intentional and harmful, perpetrated by individuals or groups with preferential paraphilias toward victims and type of sexual offense, but variable with multiple modus operandi (Lasher, McGrath, & Cumming, 2014). ... See full text for complete abstract.
Disciplines
Domestic and Intimate Partner Violence | Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Language
English
Repository Citation
Speck, P. M.,
Faugno, D. K.,
Ekroos, R. A.,
Hallman, M. G.,
Shipman, S. J.,
Dodd, M. B.,
Johnson, Q. A.,
Mitchell, S. A.
(2018).
Sexual Assault.
A Guide to Mastery in Clinical Nursing: The Comprehensive Reference
133-138.
New York, NY: Springer Publishing Company, LLC.
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